Roundup: Balderton’s new fund, Google’s “environmental impact” and more
Here’s the latest action:
Balderton Capital raises $430 million fund to take advantage of downturn — The London-based firm tells the Financial Times that “[p]art of the reason for raising this fund now is to take advantage of the opportunities that this stage of the cycle throws up.”
Delicious creator Joshua Schachter joins Google — Yahoo bought his social bookmarking service, Delicious, in 2005 — but he left in June, citing issues getting anything done at the company. Now… Continue Reading
Game social network Cafe.com opens up to developers
Cafe.com, a social network for game playing, has opened its previously invite-only platform to all developers.
While most of the attention in the social games space is focused on bringing games to existing social networks (mainly Facebook), Cafe.com is going the opposite way by creating a social network entirely dedicated to playing free online games. The company is now competing for developer attention with the big social networks like Facebook and MySpace, but unlike these platforms,… Continue Reading